The scoop on Silverlight for developers — The speculation is over and today is the day Microsoft takes the developer covers off of Silverlight. There are a bunch of announcements today, so I'll break them down one by one, but for those in a hurry, here's the summary.

Coming Online Soon: The Five-Minute 'Charlie's Angels' — The question probably never occurred to viewers in the 1970s and 1980s, but suddenly it is highly relevant: exactly how much worthwhile entertainment content was there in shows like "Charlie's Angels," "T. J. Hooker," and "Starsky and Hutch"?

Democracy and the online ad — Tonight we're announcing the acquisition of Right Media, which I believe has the potential to dramatically enhance Internet advertising. We hope to revolutionize the way ads are bought and sold on the Internet and, in turn, drive more value for advertisers, publishers, and partners.

Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spat — update In what could be a broader victory for American software companies, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Microsoft cannot be forced to pay up for patent infringement that occurs when copies of Windows are made and installed on computers abroad.

Google Personalization Workshop: Gadget Maker and More — Today, Google is having a workshop (along with product news) on Google's personalization services. Colin Colehour will be reporting live from the Googleplex event for us and I'll be updating the post with new info as it comes in.

BEBO SIGNS NEW GLOBAL HEAD OF MUSIC (lucky me!) — BEBO SIGNS NEW GLOBAL HEAD OF MUSIC — FORMER MTV & BBC EXEC ANGEL GAMBINO TO DRIVE MUSIC STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL SOCIAL NETWORK — Bebo, the leading social networking site, today announced the appointment of Angel Gambino to the newly-created position of Vice President, Music.

eBay Launches "ToGo" Widgets For Any Listing — As you can see with the embedded Flash widget above, eBay is now letting users embed information about any listing or group of listings directly into a website. Their hope is to encourage bloggers and social network users who discuss famous listings …

BBC gets TV on-demand service OK — BBC shows such as Doctor Who and EastEnders are to be made available on-demand after the BBC's iPlayer service was given the green light. — The service - which will launch later this year - allows viewers to watch programmes online for seven days after their first TV broadcast.

Peter Gabriel shakes the tree, ad-supported MP3s fall out — Peter Gabriel is one of the founding investors of a new music download service that offers tracks for free to users who are willing to listen to ads. The service, called We7 for some reason, offers MP3 versions of tracks with advertising attached to the beginning of songs.

Google nudges states to make records more accessible — WASHINGTON — By providing free consulting and some software, Google is helping state governments make reams of public records that are now unavailable or hard to find online easily accessible to Web surfers.

YouTube Launches Active Share — YouTube announced the addition of a few new features overnight. Here's a summary: — Most importantly, YouTube has added an Active Sharing feature, to let you see who's watching your video, and videos that other users are watching.